Innovation in the Social Sciences - Professor Sir Roderick Floud

Innovation is seen as the key to economic growth. But is this true of innovation in services, which now employ 75% of us, as well as in manufacturing industry? This lecture explores innovation in the “knowledge industries” through the development of the subject of economic history over the past 50 years.

English Architecture, 1760 to 1830: Engine House - Professor Simon Thurley

England’s take off as the first industrial nation created a whole new language of building underpinned by technology and by an emerging view of the rest of the world.

Apprenticeship in early modern London - Dr Patrick Wallis and Dr Christopher Minns

The economic origins and destinations of City apprentices in London in the 16th and 17th centuries.

A Lark Arising: The Rural Past and Urban Histories, 1881 - 2011 - Professor Alun Howkins

The history of the rural/urban divide in English consciousness, where it came from and why it persists.

The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 - Professor Bernard Harris

The causes and consequences of changes in human height, weight and longevity within human recent history for health.

Medical and Surgical Therapeutics: Scientific Advances in the Tudor Era - Professor Allan Chapman

A detailed overview of the developments and innovations in Tudor medicine and surgery, and the legacy that they have established.

The Hidden Face of British Gardening - Professor Sir Roderick Floud

From the 17th Century to the present day, a fresh and unique look at Britain’s favourite pastime.